Harrison 'Harry' Gomes
Production
Biography
Harrison Gomes is a screenwriter, film director, sound mixer, production designer, and multidisciplinary artist from Toronto ontario. He is known for his work as producer on the short film HighStrung, doing produciton design and assitant directing on the short film Z0IA, and most notably served as the sound mixer and recordist of the grounbreaking doccumentary Lost In White. Gomes specializes in making films in the body horror genre, as well as being prolific in the science-fiction and dystopian genres. In 2024, Gomes announced that he would be writing and directing a body horror film titled Barn of Blood, which he stated was his "passionate love letter to grindhouse cinema."
Known For
HighStrung follows Alex, a young guitarist with stage fright, as he arrives for an audition that could change his life. Nervous but determined, he discovers his guitar emits a mysterious glow and an eerie thrumming sound. During his audition, one of the judges and the leader of the band, Blake, quickly loses interest, leaving Alex discouraged. However, after the rejection, he plays a song to himself in the waiting room, unaware of how his guitar’s glow intensified around him, drawing the attention of both Blake and Cassidy, who is the band's drummer and the second judge. As they realize their instruments share the same supernatural energy, Blake, now impressed, offers Alex a spot in the band, as they realize each other's creative potential.
HighStrung
An everyday office worker is suddenly moved to a remote role, only to uncover a pest from work living in his walls.
The Rattening
'Lost in White' brings survivors of the sixties scoop together, to share their experience with loss of culture and identity during Canada's biggest genocide, but promote a future of reconciliation and rebuilding of the indigenous community in the western world.